Sudbury: Construction company cited over wage laws

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Jul 12, 2017 at 4:59 PMJul 12, 2017 at 4:59 PM

Jonathan Dame Daily News Staff @DameReports

A New Hampshire-based construction company was ordered to pay more than $160,000 in restitution and penalties for allegedly failing to properly pay employees who worked on nine public works projects between 2014 and 2015 – including one in Sudbury.

The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office cited Northeast Partition Specialties, Inc., and its owner, Frederick Breth, for failing to pay a “prevailing” wage and associated overtime, and for failing to submit certain true and accurate payroll records.

State law requires contractors hired for government construction projects to pay workers a special minimum wage. The AG’s office contends Northeast Partition Specialties failed to property pay 27 employees.

One of the nine construction projects cited was undertaken on behalf of the Sudbury Police Department. The company has already paid around $115,000 in restitution and has cooperated fully with the investigation, the AG’s office said.

The AG’s office issued 84 prevailing wage citations in fiscal 2017, ordering more than $1.3 million in restitution and $750,000 in penalties, the office said.

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